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Community Banks Embrace Faster Payments’ Competitive Edge

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Yet, the broader perception of smaller financial institutions (FIs) in the industry is that these banks lack the resources that larger banks offer, as well as the agility of emerging FinTech firms, to promote product and service innovation to their SMB clients. has dropped from 8,000 in 2004 to about 5,400 in 2018.

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Fintech Hall of Fame: The Top Digital Innovations in Financial Services

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Long before fintech was a thing (1995), I launched the first, and by most measures the biggest, newsletter during the first two decades of online/digital banking. It’s still going under the stewardship of fintech famous Jim Marous, who modernized the name to Digital Banking Report (and recently opened the archives for free access).

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The 134 Fintech Unicorns of the 21st Century (Feb 2021 update)

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At FintechLIVE we maintain a list of 21st-century fintech unicorns* updated monthly (full list here ). It is the 7th fintech unicorn based in India, and the 4th most valuable. It’s currently tied for 96th most valuable across all fintech, and 36th most valuable payments company. Full Fintech Unicorn List. Value Date.

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The 134 Fintech Unicorns of the 21st Century (Jan 2021 update)

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At FintechLIVE we maintain a list of 21st-century fintech unicorns* updated monthly (full list here ). It is the 7th fintech unicorn based in India, and the 4th most valuable. It’s currently tied for 96th most valuable across all fintech, and 36th most valuable payments company. Full Fintech Unicorn List. Value Date.

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120 Fintech Unicorns of the 21st Century: November 2020 Update

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At FintechLIVE , we maintain a list of 21st-century fintech unicorns* updated monthly (full list here ). But we achieved a new milestone surpassing the $1 TRILLION-mark in total valuation among the 120 public and private financial technology companies. Full Fintech Unicorn list (values as of 2 Dec 2020). Ant Technology.

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Sizzle/Fizzle: AI Soars, Toys R Us Sinks And Start-Ups Struggle

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Authentication Technologies: Bound to get a bump, and a big one, sustainable for quite a while. Look for a surge in signups for identity monitoring services, and also the technologies that – at the point of transaction – help prove you are who you say you are … and that it’s you doing the saying. Fizzle Of The Week: Startups.

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Everything You Need To Know About What Amazon Is Doing In Financial Services

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In parallel, Amazon has made several fintech investments, mostly focused on international markets (India and Mexico, among others) where partners can help serve Amazon’s core strategic goal. This report is a collection of everything we know about Amazon’s foray into banking, financial services, and fintech. Amazon Payments.

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